Associations between exposure to intimate partner violence, armed conflict, and probable PTSD among women in rural Côte d'Ivoire

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Falb, Kathryn L ^a   Carliner, Hannah ^b   Hossain, Mazeda ^c   Kpebo, Denise ^d   Annan, Jeannie ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMED CONFLICT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CRISIS VIOLENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RURAL AREA; VIOLENCE; CRIME VICTIM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84901264089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096300     Document Type: Article

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